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From: karl@haddock.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.flame,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Aggravating manuals
Message-ID: <1291@haddock.ISC.COM>
Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 12:24:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: haddock.1291
Posted: Thu Oct  1 12:24:11 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Oct-87 01:37:46 EDT
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Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Followup-To: alt.flame
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Summary: Inappropriate cross-posting

In several articles, several people have been complaining about the binding of
certain manuals, how difficult it is to read them while holding them open with
one hand and typing with the other, and discussing whether this is a form of
copy protection or just a cost-saving device.

Now, while this is evidently a very interesting topic for those who are
participating in the discussion, I suspect that most have failed to notice
that it is being posted to four newsgroups, of which few (if any) are
relevant.  The only possible connection with comp.lang.{c,pascal} is if you
are talking about {c,pascal} manuals, and even if you are, I doubt that this
is within the charter of these newsgroups.

I am cross-posting this to alt.flame and redirecting followups there, because
[0] This is a mild flame, and
[1] It's not a bad choice for the "Aggravating manual" discussion, either.
(Another good alternative is misc.misc; I don't think this has enough computer
content to justify comp.misc.)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint